` Italian Waters Pilot` is the only guide for yachtsmen in English that covers the coasts of the Tyrrhenian Sea, Sardinia, Sicily, the Ionian `heel` & Malta in one volume. This new eighth edition contains numerous revisions throughout, but in particular the text, plans & photographs have been completely overhauled. There are a large number of new & amended plans & Rod Heikell has taken a lot of care to research the details of marine developments. Where it has been available information is given on proposed changes & extensions to yacht harbours. Marine reserves are now an important feature of the coasts & off-lying islands, particularly in Sardinia & Sicily, & this edition provides updated details of the latest regulations. ` Italian Waters Pilot` is the last word on the area for yachts cruising there & on their way between western & eastern parts of the Mediterranean. Rod Heikell has also authored companion guides on France, Greece & Turkey which are acclaimed as the best pilot books currently available. Recommended by the Royal Cruising Club & The Cruising Association. ...

From the bestselling author of Italian Neighbours, An Italian Education & A Season with Verona In Italian Ways, bestselling writer Tim Parks brings us a fresh portrait of Italy today through a wry account of his train journeys around the country. Whether describing his daily commute from Milan to Verona, his regular trips to Florence & Rome, or his occasional sojourns to Naples & Sicily, Parks uses his thirty years of amusing & maddening experiences on Italian trains to reveal what he calls the `charmingly irritating dystopian paradise` of Italy. Through memorable encounters with ordinary Italians
- conductors & ticket collectors, priests & prostitutes, scholars & lovers, gypsies & immigrants
- Parks captures what makes Italian life distinctive. Italian Ways also explores how trains helped build Italy & how the railways reflect Italians` sense of themselves from Garibaldi to Mussolini to Berlusconi & beyond. Most of all, Italian Ways is an entertaining attempt to capture the essence of modern Italy.

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The sixteenth edition of ' Italian Wines', published by Gambero Rosso & Slow Food Editore, a translation of the twenty-fifth edition of the Italian version, is the world's most complete guide to quality Italian wines. More than 70 tasters travelled around Italy all year long, searching for the best bottles. The tastings
- all blind
- took place in consortiums & local chambers of commerce & were supported by experts in the sector, sommeliers & trade operators. The guide is organised in a very simple, clear & functional way. First, there is a section that identifies the winery
- name, address, number of hectares of vineyard, method of cultivation (conventional, organic, biodynamic or natural). Then, the entry tells the story of the winery & the territory where it is situated. Finally, the guide describes the wines, which are evaluated by the celebrated method of Bicchieri, or glasses, ranging from one to a maximum of Tre Bicchieri. The guide also pays special attention to wineries that are sensitive to the environment & to achieving naturalness in their products, awarding Tre Bicchieri Verdi to bottles that come from those with a particular regard for the environment.


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More than seventy tasters have travelled around Italy to source the very best wines. The tastings
- all blind
- took place in

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More than seventy tasters have travelled around Italy to source the very best wines. The tastings
- all blind
- took place in

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Italian Wines is the English-language version of Gambero Rosso`s Vini d` Italia, the world`s best-selling guide to Italian wine, now in its 31st edition. It is the result of a year`s work by over 60 tasters, coordinated by three curators. They travel around the entire country to taste 45, 000 wines, only half of which make it into the guide. About 2, 400 producers are selected. Each entry brings together useful information about the winery, including a description of its most important labels, & price levels. Each wine is evaluated according to the Gambero Rosso bicchieri rating, with Tre Bicchieri awarded to the top labels. The guide is an essential tool for both wine professionals & passionate amateurs around the globe: it provides the instruments for finding one`s way in the complex panorama of Italy`s wine world. ...

The DK Italian-English Bilingual Visual Dictionary introduces the vocabulary of the modern world through themed chapters filled with full-colour photographs & artworks which display & label all elements of everyday life. With sections ranging from home & work to leisure & the environment, every item is clearly labelled in Italian with the translation directly below. The Italian-English Bilingual Visual Dictionary is a colourful & stimulating learning resource ideal for all levels & ages. With more than 6, 000 terms annotated, the illustrations in the dictionary provide a quick & intuitive route to learning a language, defining the words visually so it is easier to remember them. Learning Italian has never been easier! ...

The whole of Italy is shown on one side of the sheet to give continuous coverage of the country. This map has been specifically prepared for long-distance travel, picking out major routes & destinations in bold colours for easy journey planning & route-finding, &

Includes:: town plans & a comprehensive index. The map is a convenient size for using in the vehicle. This double-sided map

Includes:: high quality travel information that provides a wealth of useful detail
- marking car ferries, national parks, ski resorts, beaches, cathedrals, castles, ancient monuments & many other places of interest.- The whole of Italy at 1:1, 000, 000-Town plans are provided for Milan, Naples, Rome & Turin.




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Double-sided road map of Italy at 1:800, 000 from AA publishing, with cartography by Freytag & Berndt, with 8 city enlargements. On one side the map covers Italy up to Rome; a generous overlap sees the capital & the surrounding areas repeated again on the reverse. Road detail shows toll & toll-free motorways, motorway numbers, dual carriageways, main & secondary roads & distances are marked in kilometres. Railways, ferry routes, & airports are highlighted, with car transportation indicated where available. The topography of the area is represented by light shading, colouring & spot heights. National parks & protected areas are shown as well as forests, lakes & rivers. Symbols indicate places of interests such as castles, archaeological sites & World Heritage places. Administrative & national boundaries are prominently highlighted. Lines of longitude & latitude are marked at 1 ...

Italy on a large, double-sided map at 1:800, 000 from Insight Guides, including street plans of central Milan, Venice, Bologna, Florence Rome & Naples, with an extensive index covering both the road map & the city plans. Coverage

Includes:: the French Alps with the Rhone Valley, Switzerl&, German Alps, western & southern Austria, Slovenia & most of Croatia. The map provides a very good overview of the topography, with relief shading enhanced by plenty of peak names & heights, plus names of various mountain ranges & valleys. Road network is very clearly presented, with driving distances shown on main routes. Motorway service areas are marked, as well are roads closed to motorized traffic or nor recommended for caravans. Railway lines show high speed routes. Picturesque towns are highlighted & symbols indicate various other places of interest. The map has no geographical coordinates. The index, in a separate booklet attached to the map cover, lists locations with their postcodes &

Includes:: street indexes for the city plans as well as a separate list of places of interest.A special feature of the Insight Travel Map series is additional information provided in the margins of both the main map & all the enlargements & street plans. Numbers of roads leading to the edge of the map are prominently displayed there, together with distances to the nearest towns and/or major locations along the route, plus, where appropriate, to nearest motorway junction.



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